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March 29, 2008
Blogging Increases Board Member's Community VisibilityConsultant and freelance writer Craig Colgan and school board members Brian Wheeler and Jennifer Abell provided a wonderful overview about blogging. They spoke to an over-flow crowd about this new and powerful tool. Craig's Blog Municipalist discusses blogging issues while Brians' Blog, SchoolMatters, and Jennifer's, Ready, Willing and Abell , deal with their school board issues. Everyone was encouraged to use blogs as another way to communicate with parents. If you have questions about blogging, these are the folks to contact!
Posted by Tom Reed, Blog Team, at 2:35 PM | Educational Sessions & Workshops | Comments (2)
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Posted by: Jennifer Abell on March 30, 2008 5:49 AM
Tom,
Glad you enjoyed the session. I would love to co-present this session again next year in San Diego...maybe we can get a larger room :). I was delighted to see the number of attendees and the interest to start a blog. Maybe one day in the future, ALL elected/appointed officials will blog.
Happy Blogging!!
Posted by: Craig Colgan on March 30, 2008 7:15 PM
On my blog published Friday, author Will Richardson makes a case for why school board members and other public officials should blog that I had not thought of:
"Students are using these tools widely, but right now, they have few if any role models for their use."
http://www.municipalist.com/2008/03/willrichardson.html
Nice, eh? Also: I would love to hear from people here at the conference who blog, especially if you are a school board member, or even superintendent (there was one at my session Saturday). I want to find as many of you as I can, so if I do a session like this again, perhaps you can participate! Email me: craigcolgan@potomacplanet.com. Thanks!